diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
index f66e588bfd..e436889760 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
@@ -310,6 +310,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		perror(__FILE__ ": overflow");
 		return 3;
 	}
+
+	/* skip all processing --help is specified */
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--help")) {
+			argv[0] = path;
+			if (execv(path, argv))
+				perror(path);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 #ifdef BR_CCACHE
 	ret = snprintf(ccache_path, sizeof(ccache_path), "%s/bin/ccache", absbasedir);
 	if (ret >= sizeof(ccache_path)) {